Cranston West Beats Missouri,6-3 Avoids Elimination

Posted by Wayne G. Barber

Lincoln last year and Cranston West this year !

Cranston West Little League defeated Missouri 6-3 on Saturday night at Lamade Stadium in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. With the win, Cranston West avoids elimination from the World Series.

Cranston West got on the board in the first inning when Missouri pitcher Cale McCallister walked in a run with the bases loaded  and then Jason Patalano hit a two out two RBI single to put Cranston up 3-0 in the game.
Cranston West kept the run going when Jake Bender singled to right field bringing in Dylan Demers to put West up 4-0 in the first inning and Tommy Harper drove in Ryan Demers to put Cranston up 5-0 before Missouri got out of the inning.
Devrin Weathers hit a two run home run for Missouri in the bottom of the first to cut the deficit to three. Bulldog left handed starter Cam Adamec kept his team in the position for a win.
The score would remain 5-2 until the top of the fourth inning when Cranston's Cam Adamec hit a RBI single that scored Ryan Demers, giving Cranston a 6-2 lead.Cranston West Little League defeated Missouri 6-3 on Saturday night at Lamade Stadium in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. With the win, Cranston West avoids elimination from the World Series.
The score would remain 5-2 until the top of the fourth inning when Cranston's Cam Adamec hit a RBI single that scored Ryan Demers, giving Cranston a 6-2 lead.
Hats off to both Garry Bucci and his Ast. Larry Lapore for the awesome job of keeping the team focused and motivated.
Cranston returns to action on Monday, August 24 at 8 p.m. on ESPN2 against either Texas or California.
The Road to Williamsport
Cranston West got to the World Series by defeating New Hampshire 10-4 in the New England Championship on Sunday, August 16 in Bristol. This is the second time in League History that Cranston West has made it to the World Series and the second straight season in which a Rhode Island team has made it to the World Series.
Little League World Series Format
The Little League World Series consists of 16 teams, eight from the United States and eight international, playing in a double elimination tournament with the World Series Championship game being held on August 30.
 My MVP for last night's game was the pair of catchers for Rhode Island who picked off a sleeping base runner at second at a crucial part of the game in one Jared Olson and ending the game by second catcher David Marchetti completing a fantastic double play by a force at home with the bases loaded and throwing out the casual  runner on his way to first with a bang, bang play to stun the opposition. The team lost game one to South Carolina's Alex Edmondson who had 15 k's and struck out the last 9 of 10 batters in a masterful no-hitter. As long as they keep winning this double elimination World Series the entire New England Little League district will be rooting for the young Men !
Cranston returns to action on Monday, August 24 at 8 p.m. on ESPN2 against either Texas or California.I cannot wait to see if more people tuned into the Little League game or the Boston Red Sox. Wayne Source: GO LOCAL PROV.COM Joe Calabro